55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 51-57)To confirm what he had said of this change, I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then—that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that are alive at our Lord’s coming will be caught up into the clouds, without dying, 1 Thess. 4:11. But it is plain from this passage that it will not be without changing from corruption to incorruption. The…
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